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B. KYIV 2531
C. BERLIN 1724
Classified By: DCM Quanrud for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d)
1. (C) Summary. Reporting from the Polish Embassy in Kyiv,
conveyed to us by MFA's Economic Department, confirms reports
from Embassy Berlin and Kyiv (Refs B and C) that the
Ukrainians have found a way to pay gas debts to Gazprom and
will avert a shutoff on January 1. That said, Polish
authorities are confident that through rerouting, tapping
reserves, and ultimately limiting industrial usage, they
could ride out a lengthy gas supply disruption from the
Ukraine without affecting Poles' ability to heat their homes.
End Summary.
Poles Hear Ukrainians Will Pay Debt to Gazprom
--------------------------------------------- -
2. (C) MFA Energy Unit Chief Ryszard Vojter conveyed to
EconOff January 31 reports from the Polish Embassy in Kyiv
and the Polish state-owned oil and gas company (PGNiG) that
the Ukrainians were prepared to pay the debt and there would
be no disruption on January 1. (Note: PGNiG is about to begin
their own negotiations with Gazprom to renew their multiyear
contract which is set to expire in one year.)
Poland Prepared to Weather the Storm
------------------------------------
3. (C) EconCouns called separately on Maciej Wozniak, the
Prime Minister's chief advisor on energy security policy,
January 30 to discuss Polish preparations for a possible gas
supply disruption from Russia to Ukraine, as well as Polish,
EU, and U.S. diplomatic activity to avert a disruption.
Wozniak appeared focused on internal preparations for a
disruption. Poland gas storage capacity is full. Workers in
Polish pipeline and internal gas distribution systems are on
alert over the New Years holiday and are prepared to reroute
gas in the event of lost volumes - which should arrive in
Poland at 0800 local time (GMT 1), assuming a 0000 local
shut-off at the Russian-Ukrainian border (GMT 2).
4. (C) The GoP has requested that Gazprom and RosUkrEnergo
reroute a portion of lost gas volumes through the Yamal
pipeline via Belarus, which has spare capacity. Wozniak
believes Poland will be able to survive an interruption for
five to seven days without affecting domestic gas service.
Beyond that, the government would begin to reduce service
incrementally to large industrial gas consumers, but in no
case does it believe the crisis will affect basic heating or
other critical services.
5. (C) Wozniak was hungry for any information the USG could
provide on the situation in Kyiv, though he took a somewhat
fatalistic approach to the dispute between Moscow and Kyiv.
When asked about Polish efforts in Kyiv to avoid a
disruption, he shrugged and asked, "who do we talk to?" and
suggested that external influence on the dynamic between
Russia and Kyiv would be limited.
6. (C) In a January 31 call, Maciej Kaliski, Director of the
Economy Ministry's Oil and Gas Department, told Econoff that
Minister of Economy (and Deputy Prime Minister) Pawlak had
already called his counterpart, the Ukrainian Vice Premier
and that Prime Minister Tusk planned to call his counterpart
later today to urge resolution of the dispute without a
shutoff. However, Kaliski was confident regarding Poland's
position. Echoing Wozniak's statement that gas storage was
full, he explained how this gave the Poles approximately 40
days of supply without rationing or otherwise limiting usage.
With rerouting plans, Poland could get through the next
three or four months before it would have to begin limiting
supplies to industrial users. No one, he said, expects a
shutoff would last that long.
7. (C) Comment. All of our contacts expressed varying
degrees of skepticism that Polish or other external
entreaties to Kyiv would have a significant impact on the
Kyiv-Moscow dispute. They were largely focused on internal
preparations to get through what they, at worst, expected
would turn out to be a short duration interruption in supply.
ASHE

Raw content

C O N F I D E N T I A L WARSAW 000003
SIPDIS
FOR EUR/CE, EUR/RUS, EUR/UMB, EUR/ERA AND EEB/ESC/ISC
E.O. 12958: DECL: 12/29/2018
TAGS: ENRG, EPET, PREL, RU, PL
SUBJECT: POTENTIAL GAS SUPPLY DISRUPTIONS FROM RUSSIA TO
UKRAINE
REF: A. SECSTATE 134475
B. KYIV 2531
C. BERLIN 1724
Classified By: DCM Quanrud for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d)
1. (C) Summary. Reporting from the Polish Embassy in Kyiv,
conveyed to us by MFA's Economic Department, confirms reports
from Embassy Berlin and Kyiv (Refs B and C) that the
Ukrainians have found a way to pay gas debts to Gazprom and
will avert a shutoff on January 1. That said, Polish
authorities are confident that through rerouting, tapping
reserves, and ultimately limiting industrial usage, they
could ride out a lengthy gas supply disruption from the
Ukraine without affecting Poles' ability to heat their homes.
End Summary.
Poles Hear Ukrainians Will Pay Debt to Gazprom
--------------------------------------------- -
2. (C) MFA Energy Unit Chief Ryszard Vojter conveyed to
EconOff January 31 reports from the Polish Embassy in Kyiv
and the Polish state-owned oil and gas company (PGNiG) that
the Ukrainians were prepared to pay the debt and there would
be no disruption on January 1. (Note: PGNiG is about to begin
their own negotiations with Gazprom to renew their multiyear
contract which is set to expire in one year.)
Poland Prepared to Weather the Storm
------------------------------------
3. (C) EconCouns called separately on Maciej Wozniak, the
Prime Minister's chief advisor on energy security policy,
January 30 to discuss Polish preparations for a possible gas
supply disruption from Russia to Ukraine, as well as Polish,
EU, and U.S. diplomatic activity to avert a disruption.
Wozniak appeared focused on internal preparations for a
disruption. Poland gas storage capacity is full. Workers in
Polish pipeline and internal gas distribution systems are on
alert over the New Years holiday and are prepared to reroute
gas in the event of lost volumes - which should arrive in
Poland at 0800 local time (GMT 1), assuming a 0000 local
shut-off at the Russian-Ukrainian border (GMT 2).
4. (C) The GoP has requested that Gazprom and RosUkrEnergo
reroute a portion of lost gas volumes through the Yamal
pipeline via Belarus, which has spare capacity. Wozniak
believes Poland will be able to survive an interruption for
five to seven days without affecting domestic gas service.
Beyond that, the government would begin to reduce service
incrementally to large industrial gas consumers, but in no
case does it believe the crisis will affect basic heating or
other critical services.
5. (C) Wozniak was hungry for any information the USG could
provide on the situation in Kyiv, though he took a somewhat
fatalistic approach to the dispute between Moscow and Kyiv.
When asked about Polish efforts in Kyiv to avoid a
disruption, he shrugged and asked, "who do we talk to?" and
suggested that external influence on the dynamic between
Russia and Kyiv would be limited.
6. (C) In a January 31 call, Maciej Kaliski, Director of the
Economy Ministry's Oil and Gas Department, told Econoff that
Minister of Economy (and Deputy Prime Minister) Pawlak had
already called his counterpart, the Ukrainian Vice Premier
and that Prime Minister Tusk planned to call his counterpart
later today to urge resolution of the dispute without a
shutoff. However, Kaliski was confident regarding Poland's
position. Echoing Wozniak's statement that gas storage was
full, he explained how this gave the Poles approximately 40
days of supply without rationing or otherwise limiting usage.
With rerouting plans, Poland could get through the next
three or four months before it would have to begin limiting
supplies to industrial users. No one, he said, expects a
shutoff would last that long.
7. (C) Comment. All of our contacts expressed varying
degrees of skepticism that Polish or other external
entreaties to Kyiv would have a significant impact on the
Kyiv-Moscow dispute. They were largely focused on internal
preparations to get through what they, at worst, expected
would turn out to be a short duration interruption in supply.
ASHE